Bruce W. Bishop, Author of the Families' Storytelling Trilogy
Unconventional Daughters
Uncommon Sons
Undeniable Relations
Fiction / Novel / Author / Canada
Unconventional Daughters
Uncommon Sons
Undeniable Relations
Fiction / Novel / Author / Canada
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May
CFUW* Fredericton Annual Book Fair
Brookside Mall
Friday to Sunday, May 24, 25 and 26, 2024
*Canadian Federation of University Women
Info: https://cfuwfredericton.com/book-fair/
Wring in the Spring Book Fair Extravaganza
Glasgow Square Theatre, New Glasgow, NS
Saturday, May 25, 2024, 11 – 5 pm
Info: https://bit.ly/4bqR670
PEI Book Awards 2024
Charlottetown Library Learning Centre
97 Queen Street Rotary Auditorium (at back of the library) Charlottetown, PE
Thursday, May 30, 2024, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Info: https://bit.ly/3UtkcvB
June
Third Annual Nova Scotia Book Awards
Brightwood Golf & Country Club
Monday June 3, 2024, 7 pm
Nominated books will be on hand for sale from the King’s Co-op Bookstore
Info: https://novascotiabookawards.ca/
July
Read by the Sea Literary Festival
River John, NS
Saturday, July 6, 2024
· Main Stage featured authors: Newfoundland and Labrador poet Mary Dalton; Toronto author Mai Nguyen; hockey dad, coach and teacher Karl Subban; and “the dean of Canadian science fiction” Robert J. Sawyer
· For middle-grade & teen readers: meet authors Michael Hutchinson and Alexandra Harrington
· “Wordstock”: a humour writing workshop with author Jane Doucet, and ‘Pitch the Publisher’ for aspiring authors
· Info on all events: https://www.readbythesea.ca/read-by-the-sea/
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Greater Moncton Book Fair
(46 Atlantic Canadian authors represented)
707 Cloverdale Rd., Riverview, NB
10-4 pm, Saturday, July 27, 2024
https://gmrdbookfair.blogspot.com/
Later this Year:
Lunenburg Lit Festival
Lunenburg, NS
September 13-15, 2024
Info: https://www.lunenburglitfestival.ca/
Sixth Annual Afterwords Literary Festival
Halifax, NS
November 2-10, 2024
Info: https://www.afterwordsliteraryfestival.com/
A Public Service announcement from https://brucebishopauthor.com
It’s 1922 in a coastal town in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Young Eva Carroll marries her stepfather with her controlling mother's consent. ~ The community is shocked, and when her aunts arrive from Sweden, a greater whirlwind of family intrigue and deception reaches a crescendo. ~ If you love family sagas, historic locales, and surprising plot twists, you’ll become immersed in Unconventional Daughters.
Amid the backdrop of a large hotel and two mysterious deaths, two men start a romantic dalliance in Nova Scotia in the Great Depression. The pressures of being closeted send their lives and careers in drastically different directions.
Mystery/Family Saga
Rated 4.7 of 5 stars on Amazon
In the post war renaissance of the 1950s, the idealistic daughter of a fishing industry magnate grapples with knowing that her father's decades-old criminal activities, hidden under the guise of respectability, have impacted everyone she loves.
Flashback to the 1950s
Flashback to the 1950s